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Lappan, Glenda; Winter, M. J. – Creative Computing, 1985
Presents four probability problems, their simulations, and analyses. The first illustrates a discrete situation for which it is possible to list the sample space. The second and third are continuous--the number of possible outcomes is infinite. The last is discrete with a surprising continuous extension question which leads to l/e. (JN)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, High Schools
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Hanna, Gila – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2000
Explores the role of proof in mathematics education and provides justification for its importance in the curriculum. Discusses three applications of dynamic geometry software--heuristics, exploration, and visualization--as tools in the teaching of proof and as potential challenges to the importance of proof. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Geometry
Science85, 1985
Describes (in separate articles) 25 developments in science, technology, and medicine that have potential impact on the near future. They include discoveries related to space butterflies, drugs, twenty-first century software, experimental mathematics, brain drugs, egg development, ultrasmall microchips, the biology of birth, cancer-causing genes,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Software, Genetic Engineering, Mathematics
Wirth, Niklaus – Scientific American, 1984
Built-in data structures are the registers and memory words where binary values are stored; hard-wired algorithms are the fixed rules, embodied in electronic logic circuits, by which stored data are interpreted as instructions to be executed. Various topics related to these two basic elements of every computer program are discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Science, Computer Software, Data
Wolfram, Stephen – Scientific American, 1984
Discusses the use of computer programs in science and mathematics. Provides examples of how computation offers a new means of describing and investigating scientific and mathematical systems and how computer simulation can be used to examine new kinds of models for natural phenomena. (JN)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Computation, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Winners of a contest run by the EDUCOM Software Initiative, a project to promote development and dissemination of instructional software for higher education, are identified. Criteria included the appropriateness of the software for use in higher education, its reliability, appeal and ease of use, etc. (MLW)
Descriptors: Awards, Chemistry, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kay, Alan – Scientific American, 1984
Discusses the nature and development of computer software. Programing, programing languages, types of software (including dynamic spreadsheets), and software of the future are among the topics considered. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
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Deacon, Andrew; Jaftha, Jacob; Horwitz, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
Powerful applications such as Microsoft Office's Excel and Word are widely used to perform common tasks in the workplace and in education. Scripting within these applications allows unanticipated user requirements to be addressed. We show that such extensibility, intended to support office automation-type applications, is well suited to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Writing Instruction, Economics
Grevstad, Eric – InCider, 1986
Creative uses of Apple II microcomputers in classrooms are described. Projects involved topics ranging across the curriculum, with many involving writing and most using AppleWorks software. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Wright, Benjamin D.; Masters, Geofferey N. – 1982
This book discusses constructing variables and making measures. It begins by outlining the qualities a number must meet before it qualifies as a measure of something. The basis is the measurement philosophy of G. Rasch. The first requirement for making good measures is good raw material. To achieve the possibility of comparisons, the data must…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory
Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1989
A brief overview of item response theory is provided, and a 186-item bibliography of books and articles on the subject dating from 1953 to June 1989 is presented. The overview includes a definition of the theory, a discussion of its development and application, and comparisons with classical test theory. All publications in the bibliography were…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Equated Scores